Catch Up- The Move

Adam and I have both grown up in Utah. Growing up I lived in the same house; Adam moved a couple of times, but always within the boundaries of American Fork. To move to Albuquerque seemed very exciting and a little scary to the both of us. When we were saying good bye to everyone it didn't really really hit me that we were leaving for a long time. Maybe it was all the packing, but I was ready to come to Albuquerque and set up our home here. Leaving was still hard. When we pulled out we had to wipe away a few tears and look forward to the future.

My parents helped us move down; we are very grateful to them! Thank you mom and dad. We could not have done it by ourselves. My parents drove the Penske and Adam and I drove our truck. We stayed the first night in Durango, CO. It was really nice to not try to do the long drive all in one day. Durango is beautiful, and we had really wanted to spend some time there.


We got there in the early evening, checked into our hotel, ate some dinner, and then enjoyed walking along the river that runs through the town. The next morning we woke up and drove the rest of the way. I had a good scare when we drove up to our apartments. We had picked these apartments because I thought I had seen the inside of them last summer, but as we pulled in I realized it was a nearby apartment complex that I had visited. I had never seen the apartment that we going to live!


It turns out that I had no reason to fear. Our apartment is perfect for us. The only downside is that it is on the third floor so hauling all the boxes and furniture was quite the process. My dad got sick on the way down to Albuquerque so I felt so bad to see him working so hard hauling everything up three flight of stairs while he was sick.

We thought Adam was supposed to start work the next Monday, but thank goodness he didn't start until Thursday. There was so much to be done with moving in. It took us a whole week to move in.

Adam's job is going well. He looks forward to managing the crews he is over and to help them improve. He is over 50-60 accounts that the company has. One account is one of the malls here in Albuquerque. The mall was very dissatisfied with the last landscape company that they had working for them, so they hired Heads UP to come in and improve things. It is a brand new account, and it will be all of Adam's. He will not be doing the actual maintence work there, but he is responsible that everything gets done, and that the customers are satsified with the work that is done.

Adam is working really hard. The summer is the company's busiest time; Adam leaves to go to work at 5:30 a.m. and he comes home around 6 p.m. He has long days, but we are thankful for a job in this hard economic time. I am so grateful to Adam and his hard work. He works so hard and then comes home and is very kind and caring to me. Sometimes I am amazed at how perfect he is for me!! These last almost four years of marriage have been absolutely wonderful!

Alina and I are enjoying our time here in Albuquerque. We go on walks to the park and play together in the apartment. We only have one car, so we are content to do things around the house.

Alina rolled over for the first time today!! She has been so close for so long, so it was really fun to finally see her do it. She is getting so big; it is so much fun to be her mother. I will write more about her in future posts. I wanted to catch everybody up on us, and now I will stay on top of the blog. My sister took these pictures of us before we left. Don't they look great? She does an amazing job. Thank you Aubrey!!